Third Law: Technology comes in packages, big and small.
The Coming Wave: The instant Sunday Times bestseller from the ultimate AI insider
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the Basic Axiom of Systems-function, the one from which all the others are ultimately derived: BIG SYSTEMS EITHER WORK ON THEIR OWN OR THEY DON’T. IF THEY DON’T, YOU CAN’T MAKE THEM
John Gall • Systemantics. The Systems Bible
A system is an interconnected set of elements that is coherently organized in a way that achieves something. If you look at that definition closely for a minute, you can see that a system must consist of three kinds of things: elements, interconnections, and a function or purpose
Donella Meadows • Thinking in Systems: International Bestseller
That means there are three main components to identify when looking at a system: the people, the interaction (i.e. the sharing of information), and the shared context (i.e. what that group of people have in common).
Introduction to Abundant Systems
the assortment of technologies structuring our experience—including, for example, AI assistants, predictive algorithms, automated tools, and smart devices—serve to reanimate the seemingly mute, mechanical, and unresponsive material landscape of technological modernity.
Substack • LaMDA, Lemoine, and the Allures of Digital Re-enchantment
Technology, understood as our interface with the material world, is that human practice which most closely ties us to our context and our environment.